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MASON OPHELIA FOLMAR
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
August 8, 1941 – November 14, 1968
Service recordMason Ophelia Folmar, of Wilmington, California, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 65
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC BDE 199 LIB
- Born
- August 8, 1941
- Home of record
- Wilmington, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 65
- ALAN CHARLES DONNELLYLance Corporal · November 14, 1968
- WILLIAM HILRIC FABIANCaptain · November 14, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW FIALKO JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- JOHN EARL FLETCHERPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
From Wilmington
- ANTONIO DUARTE PADILLACorporal · August 21, 1965
- JERRY BERNIS JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- PENI UELICorporal · January 16, 1966
- RUDOLPH ALGAR NUNEZSergeant · June 13, 1966
- KENNETH ROY RORICKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BARNES WARLAND ROSE JRMajor · November 4, 1967
- DONALD MORGAN KROTZERPrivate · November 25, 1967
- TOMMY GENE STOVERSergeant · January 2, 1968
- JAVIER PUENTES FIGUEROACorporal · January 28, 1968
- JESUS GUTIERREZ ESCOBARLance Corporal · June 25, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.